# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S7
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congregation, cont'd); F. Schneider (of Pastor Sauer's congregation); H.
Blase (of Vincennes); J. H. Melcher (of Cleveland); H. Schreiwer (of
Massillon); A. Luttmann (of the congregation of the late Pastor Fritze);
E. Brüggemann (of Whitley County); G. Thieme; J. Theobald (of Peru).

VI. From the Western District:
1. Pastors:
a) Voting:

Th. Brohm; G. Link; C. C. E. Brandt; J. F. Köstering; W.
Heinemann; F. Kleist; M. Tirmenstein; R. H. Biedermann; J. L. Crämer;
M. Meyer; L. Geyer; H. Th. Wille; Th. Mießler; F. Nützel; A. Bäpler;
H. Bartels; D. Gräf; H. F. Grupe; Th. Bensen.*)

b) Advisory (non-voting):

Ph. Studt and J. Fackler (each for half of the sessions); J. Ansorge
(elected in place of the one named in the report); Th. Gruber; F. Sievers;
J. C. Rupprecht; F. G. Walther; Ch. F. Herrmann; J. Horn; J. A. Proft.

2. President [*Präses*]:
F. J. Biltz.
3. Professors:
Dr. C. F. W. Walther; G. Schaller; M. Günther.

4. Teachers:

C. A. Eggers; M. Beyer; J. F. G. Zeiger; O. Ludewig; H. Hamm; H.
Erck; F. Härtel.
5. Delegates:

J. C. D. Römer; J. Umbach; F. Schürmann; M. Weinhold; W. Töpel
and C. Lowes (of Baden and Columbia Bottom — each for half of the
sessions); G. V. Kanke (of Boeuf Creek); W. Benjes (of Memphis) †; W.
Dilling; F. Thiede (of Fort Dodge); J. Brothe; H. D. Bruns; H. Ruhl (of
Central); H. Engelhardt (of Palmyra); H. D. Heimsoth (of Lake Creek);
C. Wessel; J. Menke (of St. Charles); Fr. Hartmann.

*) The election of this delegate, and of the delegate D. Schmalz of Dubuque, was
not reported in the district's synodical report, because the credentials [*Beglaubigungsschreiben*]
of the congregations concerned here (Pastor Stiegemeyer's and Pastor Bensen's) arrived,
through an oversight, so late that they could no longer be taken into account.